Nh Panorama Hotel Cordoba

In Cordoba we stayed at the Baluch Backpackers´ Hostel, which we agreed later was one of the best places we had stayed so far. It is upstairs from one of Cordoba´s many pedestrian-only shopping streets. The pedestrian zones are pleasantly shaded by a canopy of vines.

Cordoba is a student town and we have a seen a lot of Chic Cordoba Student Girl. She is medium height and slim. She wears tight jeans tucked into brown boots, and on top a close ...

... the rescue and we were able to purchase our tickets to Cordoba, what a relief!

So, Cordoba, having arrived a bit tired from the long bus journey we decided to treat ourselves to a taxi to the hostel. The hostel was in a cool old building with some very friendly staff, and complete with a rather strange American dude which Jemma was quick to nickname "buttmunch"...our room was nice enough, the only iffy bit were some crusty blood stains on one of the sheets - if you know ...

... naar huis gingen. Maar wacht even, eerst een gouden tip: als je bidt, zorg dan dat je zeer specifiek om dingen vraagt, niet van: stuur ons iemand die ons eerder naar Cordoba brengt, maar stuur ons iemand die ons VEILIG en eerder naar Cordoba brengt. Wij hadden een snelheidsduivel gekregen! Todo diablo! (in tegenstelling tot allejezus), de afdrukken van mijn tenen staan voorgoed in mijn slippers geprint. Lisenka is snel wagenziek, waardoor je dus het beste ...

... realised how much we enjoyed this, although Lorraine was still nervous of the horses and perhaps not as commanding with them as she would have liked, but she still enjoyed the riding. As for me, well, the words ´Gaucho in waiting´were mentioned by Lorraine, and by the end of the stay I was enjoying a high speed gallop, and feeling very comfortable on horse back indeed. On the last day, you are allowed to choose which horse you want to ride, and having ridden a pure Criollo the day ...

... charging next to your galloping horse out on the fenceline, or just laying around hamming it up and begging for you to pet him (such a golden retriever!). If ever there was a perfect rent-a-dog for a day, it was this one. India the dog just epitomized that canine essence that is so endearing. What a character! The horses were equally amiable and well-behaved (for horses). We surmise that such great personalities of all these ...

... is an herbal tea that grows in the north-eastern part of the country, and the ritual of drinking matte is complex. They start with a gourd like the ones above, and fill it about 3/4 of the way with the dried herbs (it looks like tea). Next, they put a silver straw with a ...

... man came and brought me my first plate of food from Cordoba, Argentina! I said my Gracia's(thank you) and began to eat. The food was delicious Arroz con BBQ parillas. Very Very good kind of food. And the great thing is that it cost 10 U$D! WOW! First tour the Double Bus Tour around the Cordoba City! The weather is nice out so I have the perfect clothes and I need my camera. Tell you all about it In the next Entry!

... of a nice colonial town with pleasant streets to wander was enough to lure us away from beautiful Mendoza and it´s delicious wine country for a couple of days. We wandered through the streets and zig zagged through neighborhood taking in what Cordoba had to offer. Some of the buildings are beautiful, but the are always next to some heinous 1970´s style office or apartment building. We visited some palatial museums along ...

... asleep behind the desk. Naturally we walk past his desk and try to find a consciece worker to help us out. We take a number and line up for however long until we are finally called. we then tell the guy we are sending a package and he gives us another number to continue our wait in the same position in the same queue, which led me to question whether this middle man was really required at all or whether the post office is just giving out charity jobs willy ...

... last summer, I let my reason get the best of me and turned back due to the beating sun and my shortage of supplies. Carpe Verde reminded me a lot of a tree house camp we used to visit in central Oregon. Although I was the only one at the time, Carpa Verde was set up to host family excursions during the high season an adventure camp with a rope swing and mini climbing wall. The surrounding landscape of the Sierras Chicas (Small Mountains) is arid and ...